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Humbug... Internal combustion engines were supposed to be compression ignition. If they hadn't killed off Rudy Diesel, all this gasoline nonsense would never had happened. Spark plugs are for losers... (IMHO) ;)

I once did a nonstop, non-refueled IFR/VFR flight of over 800 miles and never heard a peep except for frequency changes and the occasional "Say destination?"

There were over 13,000 Cessna 120/140s built and sold in 1946 alone and production didn't slow down much the next model year...

Not sure how a Seminole cane be forced to spin like that, but having the video will help in the investigation. With the exception of a severe aft CG, I am out of ideas. The Seminoles I have flown were pretty easily recovered from improper Vmca recovery control inputs (from students, of...

Yeah, I've heard of ATP rides costing $1500 and PP rides at or near $1,000. Having paid about one tenth of that for all my checkrides, I would just personally feel terrible charging that much. Yeah, sure I'm worth it (sic), but I would not be doing the job to make huge amounts of money... On...

I have wanted to be a DPE for a long time, but maybe the cons outweigh the pros nowadays...

I hit a giant vulture with the forward pylon in a Chinook and that bird was the size of a large dog. If it had hit three feet lower, I would have probably been killed. Luckily the repairs to the sheetmetal and workstand were were done quickly and the helicopter put back into service in two...

The issue here was that the bird took out the engine control levers on the overhead console and pushed them into the stop position. The engines shut down while the pilots were dealing with the smashed windshield. From that incident, the company mandated glass windshields for the S-76 fleet. I...

Read the works of Temple Grandin for some painfully detailed explanations of the spectrum. I had no idea...

Yep. Desert Southwest is my thing. I've been through the coldest Winters in Korea and Alaska and record heat in Texas and Kuwait. The temperature doesn't bother me as much as the contents of the atmosphere. -10F and 5% humidity is comfortable weather just as much as 113F and 10%. Air that...

With only 40 hours of total time, the only hours he can apply toward Airplane Single-engine would be his total time, per 61.109.

In my experience, Wisconsin has the best air. Montana is probably a close second. I had no idea how much dust is in the air until I visited the Great White North. Hot and dry is my choice, however...

There should be a salvage S-92 popping up on Trade-A-Plane soon. Too expensive to fix...

Damn. I had the camera that unfolded into a gun. Best Christmas present ever. I loved that show...

My favorite snack back in the past was frozen peas. It's been a few years, but I would still enjoy a fistful or two while watching a movie. Once they thaw out, they are not as good...

All my grass died back in May, so it has not needed mowing. Now that water is falling from the sky in Texas again, I may need to do one last mow before Winter...

Simple. An affordable price. None of that other stuff matters.

My cable guy told me they are doing away with cable boxes and switching to IP boxes connected to the internet, or smart TVs. If you only have broadband via the cable, then you get on the internet with a cable modem. Modem--> IP Box--> TV or Modem--> WiFi--> Smart TV.

Have they started looking in Ukraine?

My Touareg can do all that offroad stuff for half the price. Just sayin'.